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Nov 12, 2020, 8:11 PM

how do i delete an email i sent before recipient views it?

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Outlook: A family of Microsoft email and calendar products.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
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  1. Andy David - MVP 151.4K Reputation points MVP
    Nov 12, 2020, 8:24 PM

    As the sender, You usually can't. Messages are typically read on so many devices, the recipient will usually be able to read it before you can recall.
    Your only option is to do a message recall:

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/recall-or-replace-an-email-message-that-you-sent-35027f88-d655-4554-b4f8-6c0729a723a0

    Note:
    If you don’t see the Recall This Message command, you probably don’t have an Exchange account or the feature isn’t available within your organization.

    See the section: "To check on the recall" for on why this usually does not work.


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